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murataite

murataite noun: an isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium.

Noun

murataite

  1. An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium

Origin of murataite

From Murata + -ite, named after American geochemist Kiguma Jack Murata.

Questions about murataite

What does murataite mean?
Murataite means an isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium.
What part of speech is murataite?
Murataite is a noun.

Words near murataite in the dictionary

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  3. Murasugi sums
  4. Murat
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  7. Muratalla
  8. Muratallas
  9. Muratas
  10. Murathee
  11. muratina

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